Philip Jackson (actor)

Jackson was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He started acting while studying Drama and German at the University of Bristol, and has worked in the theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and London.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/5cx/philip-jackson/past?page=2|title=Philip Jackson | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} His stage work includes Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre in the West End in 1991 and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/7v/waiting-for-godot/production/cwj|title=Production of Waiting for Godot | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8546000/8546003.stm |title=Philip Jackson to play main role in Death Of A Salesman |date=2 March 2010 |website=BBC News |access-date=31 July 2024}} He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Little Voice (1998).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/5th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=www.sagawards.org}}

His television appearances have included Coronation Street, Robin of Sherwood, A Touch of Frost, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Little Britain, Hamish Macbeth, Raised by Wolves and Last of the Summer Wine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=8587|title=Philip Jackson|website=www.aveleyman.com}} He has also appeared in the films Scum, Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street, Brassed Off, Mike Bassett: England Manager, "Grow Your Own", and My Week with Marilyn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6c01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430182155/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eee6c01|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2016|title=Philip Jackson|website=BFI}} He also appeared in the music video of A-Ha's "Take On Me".{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/philip-jackson-interview-raised-wolves|title=Philip Jackson interview for Raised By Wolves | Channel 4|website=www.channel4.com}}

In 2000 he appeared as Dyer/Hawksmoor in Nick Fisher's adaptation for BBC Radio 4 of Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor (novel),{{cite web |title=Classic Serial: Hawksmoor: Part 1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2b34c34841304c80a943f8a31dce108c |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}} and in 2001 he starred in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Petrella mysteries by Michael Gilbert, and guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio play Valhalla.{{cite web |title=Afternoon Play: Petrella |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/86a6cf929b4d4699a460885816ed270a |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.reviewgraveyard.com/2007_Reviews/audio/07-07-01_who-valhalla.htm|title=Doctor Who: Valhalla – Audio drama review|website=www.reviewgraveyard.com}} In 2009 he starred as Gaynor's father Roy in the BBC Two sitcom Home Time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n0048|title=BBC Two – Home Time, Episode 2|website=BBC}} In a BBC Radio 4 radio adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, he played Commander Vimes and in Pratchett's Mort, he played Death's butler/cook, Albert who is eventually revealed to be Alberto Malich.{{cite web |title=Night Watch (Episode 1) |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b010ns71 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Mort (Episode 1) |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b007k0v6 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}} He also voiced Risda Tarkaan on the BBC radio drama version of C. S. Lewis' The Last Battle.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1451a6b81c4241b3898952a54383511e|title=Children's BBC Radio 4: The Last Battle|date=16 March 1997|issue=3815|pages=113|via=BBC Genome}} In 2011, he read Gulliver's Travels as an audiobook, as well as Martin Cruz Smith's Three Stations for BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/gullivers-travels/164734|title=Gulliver's Travels|website=Audiobooks.com}}

{{cite web |title=Book at Bedtime: Three Stations, Episode 1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b011tzlh |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}} In 2011, Jackson starred as Ron in the three-part BBC comedy drama series Sugartown alongside Sue Johnston and Tom Ellis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013cgy3|title=BBC One – Sugartown, Episode 3|website=BBC}}

In 2012, he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn's security guard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/my-week-with-marilyn-v534783/cast-crew|title=My Week With Marilyn (2011) – Simon Curtis | Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}

From 2014 to 2016 he co-starred in the BBC sitcom Boomers.{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Steve |date=2014-08-15 |title=Who are the stars of Boomers? Veteran stars line up for new BBC comedy |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-stars-boomers-veteran-stars-4054666 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}

He plays Jaz Milvane in the Radio 4 series Ed Reardon's Week, written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.{{cite web |title=Ed Reardon's Week, Series 10: The Go-To Destination |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b05tlv9r |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Ed Reardon's Week |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/661bbfea431f4b6694afa24cfcc2dc9c |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 January 2023}}

Jackson is married to actress Sally Baxter, the couple have two children.{{cite news |last=Edmonds |first=Lizzie |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/poirot-actor-philip-jackson-slams-philistine-council-for-cuts-to-jazz-event-a3233086.html |title=Poirot actor slams 'philistine' council for cuts to jazz event |date=25 April 2016 |website=Evening Standard |access-date=31 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/boomers/interview/philip_jackson/ |title=Philip Jackson interview – Boomers |date=11 August 2014 |website=British Comedy Guide}}

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• Rogue Male (1976, TV film) as 1st Seaman
• Scum (1979) as Greaves
• Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) as Alan
• The Doctor and the Devils (1985) as Andrew Merry-Lees
• Slip-Up (1986, TV film) as Purgavie
• The Fourth Protocol (1987) as Burkinshaw
• High Hopes (1988) as Martin
• Brassed Off (1996) as Jim
• The Opium War (1997) as Captain White
• Little Voice (1998) as George
• Cousin Bette (1998) as De Wissembourg
• Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) as Lonnie Urquart
• A Little Trip to Heaven (2005) as William
• I Want Candy (2007) as Stephen, Joe's Dad
• Margaret (2009, TV film) as Bernard Ingham
• My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Roger Smith
• Spike Island (2012) as Mr Jackson
• The Best Offer (2013) as Fred
• Believe (2013) as Bob
• Peterloo (2018) as John Knight

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• Porridge (1974, 1 episode) as Melvin "Dylan" Bottomley
• Last of the Summer Wine (1976, 3 episodes) as Gordon Simmonite
• The Brothers (1976, 1 episode) as Garage Mechanic
• Pennies from Heaven (1978) as Dave
• Sounding Brass (1980) as Arthur Mannion
• Coronation Street (1982) as Smithy
• Robin of Sherwood (1984–86) as Abbot Hugo de Rainault
• The Play on One: The Dark Room (1988) as Greg
• Hamish Macbeth (1996: "A Perfectly Simple Explanation") as Malachi McBean
• Touching Evil (1997) as Jim Keller
• Bramwell (1 episode, 1997) as Ronald
• The Last Salute (12 episodes, 1998–1999) as Leonard Spanwick
• Murder Most Horrid (2 episodes, 1994–99)
• The Sins (2000), as Mickey
• Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) as Willis
• Silent Witness, (2001: "Faith") as Detective Inspector Mike Toner
• Crime and Punishment (2002) as Marmaladov
• Cruise of the Gods (2002) as Hugh Bispham
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2002, 2013) as Chief Inspector James Japp
• Little Britain (1 episode, 2003) as Breakfast Cereal Director
• Trust (2003 one episode only)
• Heartbeat (2 episodes, 1998–2004) as Brian Simpson
• Hustle (1 episode, 2004: "The Last Gamble") as Arthur Bond
• Murder in Suburbia (2004 one episode only) as Bill Jackson
• A Touch of Frost (2 episodes, 1999–2005) as Detective Sergeant Sharpe
• Funland (2005) as Leo Finch
• Foyle's War (2006: "Invasion") as Alan Carter
• New Tricks (2006) as suspect Andrew Bartlett{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/newtricks/episodes/series4/s4_ep6_episode.shtml|title=BBC – Drama – New Tricks Episode Guide Series 4 Episode 6|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}
• The Chase (2007)
• Place of Execution (2008)
• The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) as Alderman Roberts
• Crooked House (2008)
• Midsomer Murders (1 episode, 2009: "The Glitch") as Daniel Snape
• Home Time (2009) as Roy Jacks
• Pete Versus Life (2010–2011) as Frank
• Sugartown (2011) as Ron
• Cuckoo (TV series) (2012) as Tony Edwards
• Shameless (2013) as Barry
• Boomers (2014–2016) as Alan
• DCI Banks (2014: "Bad Boy") as Al Jenkins
• Death in Paradise (2014) as David Witton
• Raised by Wolves (2013–2016) as Grampy
• The Good Karma Hospital (2017) as Paul Smart
• Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2020) as Chamberlin, episode 3.3 "The Sticking Place"
• Sherwood (2022) as Mickey Sparrow
• The Day of the Jackal (TV series) (2024) as Trevor (Guest actor), Season 1 Episode 10

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